Thank you, thank you, thank you. The well wishes from all of you have been so inspiring. Thanks for sending.
After working at the OIJGC District Tournament at Weatherwax, Roy and I took off for Dayton and the oncologist's office by MVH. We made it with 4 minutes to spare, then waited for over an hour to see the doctor.
After a few preliminaries, he said, "When do you want to start chemo?" I told him I didn't, but then we went ahead and scheduled it for Friday at 12:30. I will be able to ride the RTA to the office, then Roy will pick me up to go to Optimist night at the Dragons.
The doctor made the chemo sound simple. The nurse who deals with it everyday made it sound more ominous. She had a piece of paper to tell me how to deal with every side effect and the papers fill a two-pocket folder. As soon as I sort out the names of the chemicals I will add them to the post in case anyone has experience to share.
The treatments will be once a week for three weeks, then one week off. That is called a cycle. After three cycles, the PET scan will be repeated to see if the chemo is working. The first treatment will take at least 4 hours, but after that some of them will be shorter.
The follow-up to the gamma knife procedure will be another MRI in six weeks followed by another visit to the neurosurgeon and ?? The port installation is getting more comfortable as the bruising and swelling go away. Dr. Calvo says I won't even notice it soon. I hope he is right.
This post is probably in the TMI category, but read it if you wish. Thanks again for the many replies, cards, calls, flowers, etc. There are certainly a lot of people out there pulling for the right outcome.
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Margaret, I will absolutely be available to take you to your appointment on Friday - no bus ride for you. Just let me know the time you need to leave. Prayers are still with you and Roy.
Linda
You are getting the hang of this blog thing! The whole procedure sounds fascinating. Hope you have a great day today.
Jim
PS. Thanks for the Father's Day card. Annabelle & I had a perfect day.
Margaret,
I am so inspired by you. I just left Optimist and every time I caught a glimpse of you, I saw an ever present smile. No one exhibits the tenets of the creed better than you. Thanks for showing us what being a member of this club is really all about. You are in my thoughts and prayers daily.
Margaret, had to share this story, yesterday on my flight the guy next to me was flying to a party for his Aunt. They were celebrating the 5th anniversary of his Aunts successful treament of stage 4 lung cancer, (nonsmoker). The family had decided to have a party, sounds good to me.
Larry L
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